Next Graphite, Inc. Confirms High Concentrations of Graphitic Lumps in Initial 50-Ton Screening of Tailing Heaps

NEW YORK, NY and WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA / ACCESSWIRE / July 24, 2014 / Next Graphite, Inc. (OTCQB: GPNE) ("Next Graphite", or the "Company"), an exploration/development stage company in Africa’s Republic of Namibia targeting the growing global graphite production industry and market demand, today announced preliminary results of its bulk sampling of graphite-bearing rock from the Company’s estimated 180,000 ton tailing heaps at its Aukum mine in Namibia.

After screening the sample, Next Graphite’s mining and geology team recovered a total of 1,432 bags of graphitic lumps from one of the four tailing heaps on the Company’s Aukam mine property. The bags weighed a total of 50 tons of graphitic material which its team of geologists visually confirmed high concentrations of graphitic lumps.

"While we work to calculate the average lump-to-waste ratios that will quantify the potential of the tailing heaps, we were pleased that our geology team of leading graphite experts from North America and Namibia visually confirmed high concentrations of natural, vein graphite in this initial bulk sample," stated Cliff Bream, CEO of Next Graphite. "To adhere to our high standards to validate graphite concentration and purity, sub-sets of this sampling will be sent for further analysis at recognized testing facilities in Namibia and South Africa and then reported back to our shareholders," Bream concluded.

On June 4, 2014 the Company provided preliminary results of its Aukum Project in a ‘Property Report’ conducted by its geology team, E12. Cited in the report were sample concentrations of natural flake graphite of as high as 68%. The Company anticipated similar concentration levels of graphite from the graphitic lumps contained within the mine heaps.

About Next Graphite, Inc.:

Next Graphite, Inc. is an exploration/development stage company targeting the growing global graphite production industry with the Company's 125,000-acre Africa-based Aukam Graphite Project. The Aukam Graphite Mine was established in 1940 in the current Republic of Namibia produced USD$30 million of graphite at today's prices. The Graphite property is estimated to still contain a significant amount of high grade, vein type graphitic material. Global graphite demand is being driven by the development of new markets for clean and efficient energy alternatives, smart grid infrastructure and military capabilities. Next Graphite has an immediately available, surface-visible, estimated 140,000-ton mine dump along with competitive projected mining and processing costs. The completion of GPNE's Aukam Graphite Mine re-launch and development activities is expected to result in a multi-million dollar inward investment into Namibia in 2014-2015.

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